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The family of a crash victim on Long Island is speaking out about their fight to stop a hospital from determining if he is brain-dead. Anthony Gestone, 23, has been at NUMC for nearly three weeks. His family petitioned a court to stop neurological tests,
Two people are dead and a suspect is in custody after separate early-morning stabbings in Island Park and Valley Stream, according to Nassau County police. The first killing unfolded just after midnight in Island Park,
Housing advocates say the complaints highlight broader concerns about rental conditions on Long Island, where options are already limited.
A deranged Long Island woman is facing up to 25 years behind bars for tossing a homemade dynamite stick at her sleeping boyfriend — whose hand was blown off as he tried to get rid of the
President Donald Trump's plans to raise tariffs 25% next week on vehicles imported from the European Union is disrupting the auto industry and creating uncertainty among Long Island car buyers. The change would increase the tariff on European cars and trucks from 15%,
Island Harvest and Long Island Cares, along with other state partners, are advocating for $150 million in total statewide for two programs: Hunger Prevention & Nutrition Assistance (HPNAP) and Nourish NY.
A sweeping look at more than a decade of New York hospital data has handed Long Island a dubious distinction: the region shoulders an outsized share of the state’s sickle cell disease burden. Hospitals there see a higher proportion of admissions tagged as a major risk of death and rack up the largest total charges for sickle cell stays.
About 100,000 Americans have sickle cell disease (SCD), the most common inherited blood disorder in the US. Roughly 10% of patients reside in New York State, with the majority living in NYC, researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health found.
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